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Many women expect to lead long lives but have little saved for retirement—here's why the gap exists and what steps can help close it. mapodile / Getty Images Close Key Takeaways Women are planning to live long lives: their median anticipated life expectancy is 90 years, according to a new survey from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies. Despite this, many women don't have a lot saved for retirement. More than one-quarter (27%) and nearly one- fifth (19%) of Generation X and baby boomer women, res ...

In pressuring the Federal Reserve to lower its benchmark interest rate, President Donald Trump is putting a twist on his "you're fired" catchphrase from his days as a game show host. Speaking at a Saudi Arabian investment forum in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, Trump not only renewed his frequently repeated threats to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, but added his own Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, to the firing list if the Fed does not move faster to lower borrowing costs. It was unclear how serious Trump ...

Your tax bill for 2025 might look different. Vithun Khamsong / Getty Images Close KEY TAKEAWAYS Some workers may want to adjust the amount they withhold for taxes from their last few paychecks of the year, since new laws will change how much many will owe for 2025. The "One Big, Beautiful Bill" introduced new tax breaks and updated others to be more generous, resulting in lower 2025 tax bills or higher refunds for certain taxpayers. When you lower the amount of taxes being withheld on your paychecks, that m ...

Table of Contents Expand Table of Contents Graduate students of all kinds will be affected, since the legislation eliminates their ability to take out Grad PLUS loans. In the 2024-25 award year, about 545,000 graduate students had a PLUS loan. Who Is Affected Students who have taken out a Grad PLUS loan before July 1, 2026, can still borrow PLUS loans for up to three more years, or until their program ends. The "One Big, Beautiful Bill" will make it harder for some graduate students to take out federal loan ...

Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., where policymakers debate future rate cuts. A Federal Reserve rate cut in December is looking less likely as minutes from the Fed's most recent policy committee meeting show its members are sharply divided about how to proceed. The minutes, released Wednesday, reflected what Fed Chair Jerome Powell had described as "strongly different views" in a press conference following the committee's decision in October. At that meeting, members voted to lower the fed fund ...

Table of Contents Expand The Retirement Lifestyle Freedom to Roam pixs4u / Getty Images Close How Life Insurance Fits In Types of Life Insurance Deciding If You Need Life Insurance in Retirement Consider Cash Value Life Insurance What Happens to Life Insurance After You Retire? Is Term or Whole Life Insurance Better for Retirees? The Bottom Line 1. The Rise of the Semi-Retired Life 2. How Retirees Are Making Money From Their Hobbies 3. Signs You're Ready to Retire 4. Reinventing Your Purpose in Retirement 5 ...